IITA’s innovations can transform agric sector, says NABG
Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG) has said the research and innovative solutions being developed at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) could transform Nigeria’s agricultural narrative. Emmanuel Ijewere, Vice President, NABG Emmanuel Ijewere, Vice President, NABG, said this when he led a delegation from the group on a visit to IITA to explore areas of possible collaboration. NABG is widely regarded as Nigeria’s agricultural think-tank. The group comprises eminent players in the agricultural value chain. The team was excited over the many innovations already developed by IITA ranging from improved seeds that could more than double farmers’ productivity, to technologies that control weeds and double the yield of cassava, to simple processing machines that add value to crops such as cowpea, cassava, and yam. Other technologies such as inoculum production which raises the productivity of legumes such as soybean by about 20 percent, and aflasa...